List of language names

This article is a resource of how to say the native name of most of the major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.

Languages

Abaza – Aбаза бызшва

• Official Language in: the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russian Federation

Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan

• Formerly Spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe

Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа

• Official Language in: the Republic of Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia

Adangme – Adangbɛ

• Official Language in: the Republic of Ghana

Adangbe – Adangbe

• Official Language in: the Republic of Togo

Adyghe - Адыгэбзэ

• Official Language in: the Republic of Adygea, Russian Federation

Afar – Qafár af

• Recognised Minority Language in: the State of Eritrea

Afrikaans – Afrikaans

• Secondary Language in: the Republic of South Africa
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Botswana and the Republic of Namibia

Ainu - アイヌ イタク, Aynu Itak

• Recognised Minority Language in: Japan

Ajië – A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu

• Official Language in: Houaïlou, New Caledonia, French Republic

Akan – Akan, Fante, Twi

• Official Language in: Ghanaian/Ivoirian ethnic region of Akanland

Albanian – Shqip, Shqiptar

• Official Language in: the Republic of Albania and Kosovo
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Italian Republic , the Republic of Macedonia , Montenegro , Romania , and the Republic of Serbia

Aleut – Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý

• Spoken in: Alaska, United States of America and Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation

Amdang – Sìmí Amdangtí

• Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region, Republic of Chad

Amharic - ኣማርኛ

• Official Language in: the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ancient Egyptian Language † - 𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖

• Formerly Spoken in: Ancient Egypt

Angika - अंगिका

• Spoken in: the Republic of India and the Democratic Republic of Nepal

Apache – Ndéé

• Spoken in: The Southwestern United States of America

Arabic - العربية

• Official Language in: 27 countries and 4 international organizations

Aragonese – l'Aragonés

• Official Language in: the Autonomous Community of Aragón, Kingdom of Spain

Aramaic - ܐܪܡܝܐ

• Spoken in: the Islamic Republic of Iran , the Republic of Iraq , the State of Israel , the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , the Lebanese Republic , the State of Palestine , the Syrian Arab Republic , and the Republic of Turkey

Arapaho – Hinono'eitiitt

• Spoken by: the Native American tribe of the Arapaho

Armenian - Հայերեն

• Official Language in: Armenia and Artsakh
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Cyprus , the Republic of Poland , and Romania , Samtskhe-Javakheti Republic, Republic of Hungary , Republic of Iraq , Republic of Lebanon , Republic of Turkey , Ukraine and California, United States of America

Armenian (Eastern) - Արևելահայերեն

• Spoken in: Armenia ,

Armenian (Western) - Արեւմտահայերէն

• Spoken by: the Armenian Diaspora

Arrernte – Arrernte Angkentye

• Spoken in: the Northern Territory, Commonwealth of Australia

Assamese - অসমীয়া

• Spoken in: the Kingdom of Bhutan , the People's Republic of Bangladesh , and the Republic of India .

Asturian – Asturianu

• Spoken in: the Principality of Asturias, Kingdom of Spain

Avar – МагIарул МацI

• Spoken in: the Republic of Azerbaijan , Georgia , the Republic of Kazakhstan , the Republic of Turkey , and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Avestan - 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥

• Spoken on: the eastern Iranian Plateau

Aymara – Aymar Aru

• Spoken by: the Bolivian/Chilean/Peruvian Aymara people

Äynu - ئەينۇ

• Spoken in: the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China

Azerbaijani – Azərbaycanca, آذربایجان دیلی

• Official Language in: the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
• Spoken in: Iran , Turkey and Georgia

Baga † – Barka

• Formerly Spoken in: the Republic of Guinea

Bai - 白语

• Spoken in: the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Balinese - ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ

• Spoken in: Bali, Republic of Indonesia

Balti - སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی

• Spoken in: Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Republic of India

Bambara – Bamanankan

• Spoken in: the Republic of Mali

Bantu † – Narrow Bantu

• Formerly Spoken in: Subsaharan Africa

Basa-Gumna † – Basa-Kaduna, Basa Kuta

• Formerly Spoken in: Chanchaga, Niger State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Bashkir - башҡорт Теле, Başqort Tele

• Official Language in: the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan

Basque – Euskara

• Official Language in: Basque Country, Kingdom of Spain and Navarre, Kingdom of Spain

Bassa - ɓasaá

• Spoken by: Liberian/Sierra Leonean Bassa People

Batak –

• Spoken by: the Batak people of the North Sumatra, Republic of Indonesia

Belarusian - Беларуская

• Official Language in: the Republic of Belarus
• Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

Bemba – iciBemba

• Official Language in: the Republic of Zambia

Bengali - বাংলা

• Official Language in: the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India

Berber – Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ

• Spoken in: Northern Africa

Berta – Gebeto or Wetawit

• Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Bhojpuri - भोजपुरी, بھوجپوري

• Spoken in: Bihar, Republic of India ; Jharkhand, Republic of India ; Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India ; Co-operative Republic of Guyana ; Republic of Suriname ; and Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Bislama – Bislama

• Official Language in: Republic of Vanuatu

Blackfoot - ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ

• Spoken by: the American/Canadian Blackfoot Tribe

Bodo - बड़ो

• Spoken in: Republic of India and Democratic Republic of Nepal

Bosnian - Босански, Bosanski

• Official Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
• Recognised Minority Language in: Republic of Albania , Kosovo , Republic of Macedonia , and Republic of Serbia

Breton – Brezhoneg

• Spoken in: Brittany, French Republic

Buginese - ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ

• Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia

Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ

• Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines

Bulgarian - български език

• Official Language in: Republic of Bulgaria and Mount Athos, the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, Hellenic Republic
• Recognised Minority Language in: Romania , Republic of Serbia , and Ukraine

Burmese - မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား

• Official Language in: Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Cahuilla – Ivia

• Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States of America

Cantonese - 廣東話

• Official Language in:Hong Kong Special Administration Region, People's Republic of China , Macau special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Carrier - ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

• Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada

Catalan – Català

• Official Language in: Principality of Andorra ; the Balearic Islands, Kingdom of Spain ; Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain ; and the Valencian Community, Kingdom of Spain
• Recognised Minority Language in: Pyrénées-Orientales, French Republic ; Sardinia, Italian Republic ; and Aragón, Kingdom of Spain

Cayuga – Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’

• Spoken by: the Iroquois Cayuga people living in the Canadian First Nation reservation of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation

Cebuano – Bisaya, Sinugboanon

• Spoken in: Central Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines

Chamorro – Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro

• Official Language in: Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Chechen - Нохчийн Mотт

• Official Language in: the Chechen Republic, Russian Federation and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Cherokee - ᏣᎳᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ

• Official language in: the Native American tribe of the Cherokee , in Oklahoma

Chewa – Nyanja

• Official Language in: Republic of Malawi and Republic of Zambia

Cheyenne – Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots

• Spoken in: Montana, United States of America and Oklahoma, United States of America

Chhattisgarhi - छत्तीसगढ़ी

• Spoken in: Republic of India

Chickasaw – Chikasha

• Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States of America

Chinese - 汉语, 漢語, 华语, 華語, or 中文

• Official Language in: the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace ; the People's Republic of China ; Republic of Singapore ; Republic of China ; and the Wa State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
• Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia , the Philippines , and the United States of America

Chinese (Classical) - 古文 or 文言

• Spoken in: the People's Republic of China , Japan , the Korean Peninsula , the Republic of China , and Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Chipewyan - ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné

• Spoken in: the Canada

Choctaw – Chahta', Chahta Anumpa

• Spoken in: The United States of America

Chuvash - Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla

• Official Language in: the Chuvash Republic, Russian Federation

Cimbrian – Zimbrisch

• Spoken in: the Italian Republic

Comanche – Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ

• Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States of America

Coptic - ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ

• The Coptic language is a Coptic liturgical language

Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek

• Recognised Minority Language in: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Corsican – Corsu

• Recognised Minority Language in: the French Republic

Cree - ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ

• Official Language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada

Croatian – Hrvatski

• Official Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Republic of Croatia ; and Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
• Recognised Minority Language in: Burgenland, Republic of Austria ; Baranya County, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary ; Molise, Italian Republic ; Montenegro ; Carașova, Caraș-Severin County Romania ; and Lupac, Caraș-Severin County, Romania

Cupeño † – Kupangaxwicham Pe'memelki

• Formerly Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States of America

Czech – Český Jazyk, Čeština

• Official Language in: the Czech Republic

Dakhini - دکنی

• Official Language in: the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates

Dakota – Dakȟótiyapi

• Spoken in: Canada and the United States of America

Dalecarlian – Dalmål

• Spoken in: Kingdom of Sweden

Danish – Dansk

• Official Language in: Kingdom of Denmark and the Faroe Islands
• Recognised Minority Language in: Federal Republic of Germany , Greenland , and Republic of Iceland

Dargwa - Дарган Mез

• Official Language in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Dari - فارسی, دری, دريلو, or Yazdi

• The Dari language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language

Dhivehi - ދިވެހި

• Official Language in: the Republic of the Maldives

Drehu – Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu

• Official Language in: Lifou, New Caledonia

Dungan - 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян

• Spoken by: the Central Asian Dungan people

Dutch – Nederlands

• Official Language in: Aruba , Kingdom of Belgium , Country of Curaçao, , the Netherlands, , Sint Maarten, , and Republic of Suriname,

Dzongkha - རྫོང་ཁ་

• Official Language in: Kingdom of Bhutan

Egyptian Arabic † - اللغة المصرية العامية

• Formerly Spoken in: Lower Egypt

English – English

• Official Language in: 54 countries and 27 non-sovereign entities

Erzya - Эрзянь Kель

• Official Language in: the Republic of Mordovia, Russian Federation

Esperanto – Esperanto

• Esperanto is an International auxiliary language

Estonian – Eesti

• Official Language in: Republic of Estonia

Evenki - Эвэды̄ турэ̄н

• Spoken in: the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia , the Mongolian aimag of the Selenge Province , and the Russian krai of Krasnoyarsk Krai

Ewe – Èʋe, Èʋegbe

• Spoken by: the Beninois/Togolese Ewe people

Eyak – I•ya•q

• Spoken in: the American state of Alaska

Faroese – Føroyskt

• Official Language in: the Faroe Islands
• Recognised Minority Language in: Denmark

Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti

• Official Language in Fiji

Fiji Hindi - फिजी बात or Fiji Baat

• Spoken in: Fiji

Filipino – Wikang Filipino

• Official Language in: the Philippines

Finnish – Suomi

• Official Language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia ; recognised as a minority language in Sweden

Fon – Fon gbè, Fɔngbè

• Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people

French – Français

• Official Language in: 38 countries, 14 dependant entities, and 119 international organisations

Frisian (North) – Noordfreesk

• Official Language in: the German archipelago of Heligoland and the German district of Nordfriesland

Frisian (Saterland) – Seeltersk

• Spoken in: the German municipality of Saterland

Frisian (West) – Frysk

• Official Language in: the Dutch province of Friesland

Friulian – Furlan

• Spoken in: Italy

Fula – Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular

• Spoken in: Central Africa

Fur – For

• Spoken in: the Republic of Chad and Darfur, Republic of the Sudan

Ga – Gã

• Official Language in: Ghana

Galician – Galego

• Official Language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia

Gan - 赣语, 贛語

• Spoken in: the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi

Ge'ez - ግዕዝ

• Spoken in: Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Israel

Georgian - ქართული

• Official Language in: Georgia

German – Deutsch

• Official Language in: Austria , the Belgian German-Speaking Community , Germany , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol , and Switzerland
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Brazilian city of Pomerode , the Czech Republic , Denmark , Hungary , the Italian autonomous province of Trentino , Kazakhstan , Namibia , Poland , Romania , Russia , the Slovak municipality of Krahule , and the Vatican City (Administrative and commanding language of the Swiss Guard)

Gikuyu – Gĩkũyũ

• Spoken in: the Kenyan Central Province

Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati

• Official Language in: Kiribati

Godoberi - ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci

• Spoken in: the southwest area of the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan

Gothic † - 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺

• Formerly Spoken in: pre-18th. Century Europe

Greek - Ελληνικά

• Official Language in: Cyprus and Greece
• Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Armenia , Italy , Romania , Turkey , and Ukraine

Greenlandic – Kalaallisut

• Official Language in: Greenland

Guaraní – Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju

• Official Language in: the Argentinian province of Corrientes , Bolivia , and Paraguay

Gujarati - ગુજરાતી

• Official Language in: the Indian union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and the Indian state of Gujarat

Gumuz – Bega

• Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Gurung - तमु क्यी

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Gwich'in – Gwich'in

• Official Language in: the Canadian federal territory of the Northwest Territories

Haida – Xaat Kíl

• Official Language in: the Council of the Haida Nation

Hainanese - 海南話

• Spoken in: the Chinese province of Hainan

Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen

• Official Language in: Haiti

Hakka - 客家話, 客家话

• Spoken by: the Hakka people

Harari - ሃራሪ

• Spoken in: the Ethiopian kilil of the Harari Region

Hausa - حَوْسَ

• Spoken by: the Hausa people

Hawaiian - ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

• Official Language in: the American state of Hawaii

Hebrew - עברית‬

• Official Language in: Israel
• The Hebrew language is a Jewish liturgical language

Herero – Otjiherero

• Spoken in: Botswana and Namibia

Himba – Omuhimba, Simba

• Spoken in: Gabon

Hindi - हिन्दी

• Official Language in: India

Hindustani - ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी

• Spoken in: India and Pakistan

Hiri Motu – Hiri Motu

• Official Language in: Papua New Guinea

Hmong – lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob

• Spoken in: China , French Guiana , Laos , Thailand , America , and Vietnam

Hopi – Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi

• Spoken in: the northeastern area of the State of Arizona, United States of America

Hungarian – Magyar

• Official Language in: Hungary
• Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Croatia , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Ukraine

Icelandic – Íslenska

• Official Language in: Iceland

Ido – Ido

• The Ido language is an International auxiliary language.
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Igbo – Asụsụ Igbo

• Official Language in: Nigeria
• Recognised Minority Language in: Equatorial Guinea

Ik – Icetot

• Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Ilocano – Iloko, Pagsasao nga Iloko

• Official Language in: the Philippine province of La Union

Indonesian – Bahasa Indonesia

• Official Language in: Indonesia

Ingush - ГӀалгӀай мотт

• Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia

Interlingua – Interlingua

• The Interlingua language is an International auxiliary language.

Inuktitut - ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ

• Official Language in: the Canadian provinces of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut ; the Nunavik area of the Canadian province of Quebec ; and the Canada-administrated/Inuit-claimed autonomous area of Nunatsiavut

Inupiat – Iñupiatun

• Spoken in: the American state of Alaska

Irish – Gaeilge

• Official Language in: Ireland
• Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Isthmus Nahuatl – Mela'tájtol

• Spoken in: the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz

Italian – Italiano

• Official Language in: the Croatian Istria County , Italy , San Marino , the Slovenian region of Slovenian Istria , Switzerland , and the Vatican City

Japanese - 日本語, 日本語

• National Language in: Japan

Javanese - ꦧꦱꦗꦮ

• Spoken in: the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Java, New Caledonia , and Suriname

Judaeo-Spanish - גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול‬, Ladino

• Spoken by: the Sephardim Jewish Diaspora

Jutish – Jydsk

• Spoken in: Denmark

Jèrriais – Jèrriais

• Spoken in: the British crown dependency of Jersey and the British royal fief of Sark

Kabardian – Kъэбэрдеибзэ

• Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia

Kabyle - شئعم

• Spoken in: Algeria

Kaingang – Kanhgág

• Spoken in: Brazil

Kannada - ಕನ್ನಡ

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Karnataka

Kanuri – Kanuri

• Spoken in: Cameroon , Chad , Niger , and Nigeria

Karakalpak - Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili

• Official Language in: the Uzbek autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan

Karamojong – ŋaKaramojoŋ or ŋaKarimojoŋ

• Spoken in: the Moroto District, Karamoja Sub-Region, Northern Region, Republic of Uganda

Karelian – Karjalan Kieli

• Recognised Minority Language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia

Kashmiri - كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur

• Official Language in: India

Kashubian – Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk

• Official Language in: Some communes in the Polish voivodeship of Pomerania

Kazakh - Қазақ Tілі

• Official Language in: Kazakhstan and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic

Kelantanese Malay - بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate

• Spoken in: the Malaysian state of Kelantan

Kendeje – Kendeje

• Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Republic of Chad

Khakas - Хакас Tілі

• Spoken in: the Russian autonomous republic of Khakassia

Khmer - ភាសាខ្មែរ

• Official Language in: Cambodia

Khoekhoe – Khoekhoegowab

• National Language in: Namibia

Khowar - کھوار

• Official Language in: Pakistan

Kinyarwanda – Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda

• Official Language in: Rwanda

Kiribati – Taetae Ni Kiribati

• Official Language in: Kiribati

Konkani - कोंकणी, Konknni, കൊങ്കണി, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Goa

Korean - 조선말, 한국어

• Official Language in: North Korea , South Korea , and the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Yanbian

Kuliak – Rub

• Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Kumyk - Къумукъ Tил

• Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan

Kurdish – Kurdí, کوردی, or K’öрди

• Official Language in: Iraq Turkey Iran Syria Armenia
• Recognised Minority Language in: Germany

Kurdish (Southern) - کوردی خوارین, Kurdîy Xwarîn

• Spoken in: Iran and Iraq

Kurmanji - Kurmancî, کورمانجی‎

• Spoken in: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria

Kutchi - کچھی or કચ્છી

• Spoken in: South Asia

Kwadi † - !Kwa/tse

• Formerly Spoken in: Angola
• (Kwadi is a "click language".)

Ladakhi - ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།

• Spoken in: China , India , and Pakistan

Ladin – Ladin

• Spoken in: Italy

Lakota – Lakȟótiyapi

• Spoken by: the Lakota people

Lao - ພາສາລາວ

• Official Language in: Laos

Latvian – Latviešu

• Official Language in: Latvia

Laz - ლაზური ნენა

• Spoken in: Georgia and Turkey

Leonese – Llïonés

• Official Language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León

Lepcha - ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰛᰧᰶᰵ

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Limbu - ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Limburgish – Lèmburgs

• Official Language in: the Netherlands

Lingala – Lingála

• Official Language in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo

Lisu - ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ

• Official Language in: the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Nujiang Lisu and the Chinese autonomous county of Weixi Lisu

Lithuanian – Lietuvių

• Official Language in: Lithuania
• Recognised Minority Language in: Poland

Livonian – Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ

• Spoken in: Latvia

Low German – Plattdüütsch

• Spoken in: Denmark , Germany , and the Netherlands

Low Prussian Dialect – Niederpreußisch

• Formerly Spoken in: Prussia , now some scattered speakers in the Americas

Luba-Kasai – Tshiluba

• Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Luganda – Luganda, LùGáànda, Oluganda

• Spoken in: Uganda

Luiseño – Cham'teela

• Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States of America

Luo – Kavirondo or Dholuo

• Spoken in: Kenya and Tanzania

Luri - لری or Lori

• Spoken in: Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Oman , and the United Arab Emirates

Luxembourgish – Lëtzebuergesch

• Official Language in: Luxembourg
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Belgian community of the French Community of Belgium

Maasai - ɔl Maa

• Spoken by: the Kenyan/Tanzanian Maasai people

Macedonian – Mакедонски

• Official Language in: Republic of Macedonia
• Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Romania , and Serbia

Magahi - मगही

• Spoken in: India and Nepal

Magar - मगर भाषा

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Maithili - मैथिली, মৈথিলী

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Bihar and Nepal

Makassarese – Basa Mangkasara', ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ

• Spoken in: the southern tip of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi

Malagasy – Malagasy

• Official language in: Madagascar

Malay - بهاس ملايو or Bahasa Melayu

• Official Language in: Brunei , Malaysia , and Singapore

Malayalam - മലയാളം

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Kerala and the Indian territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry

Maltese – Malti

• Official Language in: Malta

Manchu - ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ

• Spoken by: the Manchu people

Mandarin - 國語

• Spoken in: Most of China

Manx – Gaelg

• Official Language in: the Isle of Man

Marathi - मराठी

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Maharashtra and the Indian territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Marshallese – Ebon, Kajin M̧ajeļ, Kajin Majõl

• Official Language in: the Marshall Islands

Masalit – kana masara

• Spoken in: Dar Masalit, Darfur, Republic of the Sudan

Meitei - মনিপুরি, মৈতৈলোল্, মৈতৈলোন্, মৈথৈ

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Manipur

Miami-Illinois – Myaamia

• Spoken in: the Illinois Confederation

Michoacán Nahuatl – Pómaro Nahuatl

• Spoken in: Mexico

Min - 閩語 or 闽语

• Spoken in: the southeastern area of China

Min Bei - 闽北语

• Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level city of Nanping

Min Dong - 閩東語

• Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou and Ningde

Min Nan - 閩南語 or 闽南语

• Spoken in: the southeastern area of China

Min Zhong - 闽中话

• Spoken in: the southeastern area of China

Mon - ဘာသာ မန်

• Spoken in: the Myanma delta of the Irrawaddy River

Mongolian - Монгол Хэл, ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ

• Official Language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia and Mongolia

Muscogee Creek – Mvskoke, Mvskokē

• Spoken in: the American states of Alabama , Florida , Georgia , and Oklahoma

Musgu – Mulwi

• Spoken in: Cameroon and Chad

Muskum † – Muzuk

• Formerly Spoken in: Chad

Māori – te Reo Māori

• Official Language in: New Zealand

Nagumi † – Gong or Ngong

• Formerly Spoken in: Cameroon

Nahuatl – Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli

• Official Language in: Mexico

Navajo – Diné bizaad

• Spoken by: the Navajo Nation

Ndyuka –

• Spoken in: French Guiana and Suriname

Nepal Bhasa - नेपाल भाषा

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim and Nepal

Nepali - नेपाली

• Official Language in: the Indian district of the Darjeeling district , the Indian state of Sikkim , and Nepal

Ngbee † – Lingbee

• Formerly Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Northern Thai - ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ

• Spoken in: the northern area of Thailand , and some other parts of Southeast Asia

Norwegian – Norsk

• Official Language in: Norway

Nuosu - ꆈꌠ꒿

• Spoken in: China

Nyangia – Nyang'i

• Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Occidental – Interlingue

• Occidental is an International auxiliary language

Occitan – Occitan

• Official Language in: the Spanish comarca of Val d'Aran

Ojibwe - ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

• Spoken by: the Ojibwe people

Okinawan Japanese - ウチナーヤマトゥグチ

• Recognised Regional Language in: Japan

Old Church Slavonic † - Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ, ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ

• Formerly Spoken in: Eastern Europe

Old English † – Anglisc, Ænglisc, Englisc, or ᚫᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ

• Formerly Spoken in: Scotland and Wales

Omotik † – Laamoot

• Formerly Spoken in: Great Rift Valley, Kenya

Odia - ଓଡ଼ିଆ

• Official Language in: the Indian states of Jharkhand and Odisha

Pahari - पहाड़ी

• Spoken in: the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir , Punjab, Sikkim , Uttarakhand, and West Bengal; Nepal , the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir , and Greater Tibet

Palula - پالولہ

• Spoken in: the Pakistani district of the Chitral District

Pashto - پښتو

• Official language in: Afghanistan
• Recognised Minority Language in: Pakistan

Pattani Malay - بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี

• Spoken in: the Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkhla, and Yala

Persian - فارسی

• Official Language in: Afghanistan , Iran , and Tajikistan

Phoenician † - 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌

• Formerly Spoken in: the Near East

Piman – Tepiman

• Spoken in: the State of Arizona, United States of America and the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, United Mexican States

Pipil – Náhuat or Nawat

• Spoken in: the Salvadoran cities of San Salvador and Sonsonate; and the Salvadoran department of La Libertad

Pitjantjatjara – Pitjantjatjara

• Spoken in: the northwestern area of the Australian state of South Australia

Plautdietsch – Plautdietsch

• Spoken in: Eastern Europe, with some scattered speakers in the Americas

Polish – Język polski, polski, or polszczyzna

• Official Language in: Poland
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic , Romania , Slovakia , and Ukraine

Portuguese – Português

• Official Language in: Angola , Brazil , Cape Verde , East Timor , Equatorial Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Macau , Mozambique , Portugal , and São Tomé and Príncipe

Punjabi language - पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, or پنجابی

• Official Language in: the Indian federal district of Delhi ; and the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and West Bengal
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Pakistani province of Punjab

Pu-Xian Min - 興化話 or 莆仙話

• Spoken in: the Chinese county of Xianyou and the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou, Putian, and Quanzhou

Quechuan – Runasimi

• Spoken by: the Quechuan people in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , and Peru

Raga – Hano

• Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Republic of Vanuatu

Rajasthani - राजस्थानी

• Spoken in: the Indian state of Rajasthan

Rohingya

• Official Language in: the Rakhine State

Romani – Romani Ćhib

• Spoken by: the Romani people ; recognised as a minority language in Sweden

Romanian – Română

• Official Language in: Moldova , Romania , Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic , and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
• Recognised Minority Language in: Hungary , Italy , Serbia , Spain , and Ukraine

Romansh – Rumantsch

• Official Language in: Switzerland

Russian - Русский

• Official Language in: 10 Countries and 4 Organizations
• Recognised Minority Language in: 7 Countries

Rusyn - Русиньский Язык, Русиньска Бесїда

• Official Language in: The Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
• Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia , Poland , Romania , Serbia , and Slovakia

Ruthenian† - Руский Языкъ

• Formerly Spoken in: the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Sami – Lappic, Lappish, Saame, Saami, Saamic, Samic, or Sámi

• Recognised as a minority language in Finland, Norway, Sweden

Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa

• Official Language in: American Samoa and Samoa

Sanskrit - संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्

• Official Language in: India

Sardinian – Sardu

• Official Language in: the Italian autonomous region of Sardinia
• Recognised Minority Language in: Italy

Saurashtra - ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ

• Spoken in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu

Scots – Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans

• Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland and Scotland

Scottish Gaelic – Gàidhlig

• Official Language in: Scotland

Serbian - Српски, Srpski

• Official Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
• Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia , the Czech Republic , Hungary , Macedonia , Montenegro , Romania , and Slovakia

Serer – Seereer, Seereer-Siin

• Spoken in: the Republic of the Gambia and the Republic of Senegal

Shan - လိၵ်ႈတႆး

• Spoken in: the Myanma states of the Kachin State and the Shan State and by the Shan people

Shanghaiese - 上海闲话

• Spoken in: the Chinese municipality of Shanghai

Sherpa language - शेर्पा, ཤེར་པཱ།

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Shona – Shona

• Official Language in: Zimbabwe

Sicilian – Sicilianu

• Spoken in: the Italian region of Apulia , Calabria , Campania ; the Italian comune of Leece ; Malta ; and the Italian autonomous region of Sicily

Sikkimese - འབྲས་ལྗོངས་

• Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Sindhi - سنڌي

• Official Language in: India and the Pakistani province of Sindh

Sinhala - සිංහල

• Official Language in: Sri Lanka

Slovak – Slovenčina

• Official Language in: Slovakia , and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic , Hungary and Ukraine

Slovene – Slovenščina

• Official Language in: Slovenia
• Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Hungary , and Italy

Somali - اللغة الصومالية, Af-Soomaali

• Official Language in: Somalia
• Recognised Minority Language in: Djibouti and Ethiopia

Sorani - سۆرانی, Soranî

• Spoken in: Iran and Iraq

Sotho – Sesotho

• Official Language in: Lesotho and South Africa

Spanish – Español

• Official Language in: 21 countries, 6 dependant entities, and 23 international organisations

Stellingwarfs – Stellingwerfs

• Spoken in: the Netherlands

Sundanese - ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ

• Official Language in: the Indonesian province of West Java

Swahili – Kiswahili

• Official Language in: Kenya , Tanzania , and Uganda

Swedish – Svenska

• Official Language in: Finland and Sweden

Swiss German – Schwyzerdütsch

• Spoken in: the Austrian state of Vorarlberg , the Italian regions of the Aosta Valley and Piedmont, Liechtenstein , and Switzerland

Sylheti - ছিলটী, সিলেটী

• Spoken in: the Bangladeshi division of Greater Sylhet ; the Indian state of Assam's Barak Valley ; and the Indian state of Tripura

Tagalog – ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔, Wikang Tagalog

• Official Language in: the Philippines

Tahitian – Reo Mā'ohi, Reo Tahiti

• Spoken in: the French Polynesian area of the Society Islands

Tai Dam - ꪺꪕꪒꪾ

• Spoken in: the Chinese county of the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County

Tai Khün - ไทเขิน

• Spoken in: Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Kingdom of Thailand

Tai Lü - ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ

• Spoken in: Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Tai Nüa - ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ

• Official Language in: the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, People's Republic of China

Tamang - तामाङ

• Official Language in: Sikkim, Republic of India and the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Tamil - தமிழ்

• Official Language in: the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, union territories of Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka , Republic of Singapore
• Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia

Tangut † - 𗼇𗟲

• Formerly the Official Language in: the Tangut Empire (Western Xia)

Tatar - تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча

• Official Language in: the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation

Telugu - తెలుగు

• Official Language in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and town of Yanam

Tepes – Soo

• Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Teribe – Naso, Norteño, Quequexque, Teribe, Tiribi, or Térraba

• Spoken in: the Costa Rican provinces of Limón and Puntarenas , and the Panamanian provinces of Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí

Tetum – Lia-Tetun

• Official Language in: the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
• Recognised Minority Language in: East Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia

Thai - ภาษาไทย

• Official Language in: the Kingdom of Thailand

Tibetan - དབུས་སྐད་

• Official Language in: the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China and Upper Mustang, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Tigrinya - ትግርኛ

• Official Language in: the State of Eritrea and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin

• Official Language in: the Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Tongan – Lea faka-Tonga

• Official Language in: the Kingdom of Tonga

Tongva † – Gabrielino

• Formerly Spoken in: the City of Los Angeles, United States of America

Tsez - Цез Мец, Цезяс Мец

• Spoken in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Tswana – Setswana

• Official Language in: the Republic of Botswana , the Republic of South Africa , and the Republic of Zimbabwe

Tuareg – Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ

• Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger

Tunica – Luhchi Yoroni

• Spoken in: the Louisiana, United States of America

Turkish – Türkçe

• Official Language in: Turkey , Northern Cyprus And Cyprus
• Spoken in: the Bosnia And Herzegovina . Greece . Iraq . Kosovo . Macedonia . Romania . Bulgaria . Syria . Netherlands . Belgium . Germany

Tulu language ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, or

• Spoken in: the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Maharashtra

Uduk – Tw'ampa or T'wampa

• Spoken in: the Federal Democratic Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan

Ukrainian - Українська

• Official Language in: the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and Ukraine
• Recognised Minority Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina , the Republic of Croatia , the Czech Republic , Hungary , the Republic of Moldova , the Republic of Poland , Romania , the Republic of Serbia , and the Slovak Republic

Urdu – اُردُو

• Official Language in: the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Indian states of Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir , Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Telangana

Uyghur - ئۇيغۇر تىلى

• Official Language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang

Uzbek - اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek

• Official Language in: the Republic of Uzbekistan

Valencian – Valencià

• Official Language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia

Venda – Tshivenḓa

• Official Language in: the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe

Venetian – Vèneto

• Official Language in: the Italian region of Veneto

Vietnamese – Tiếng Việt Nam

• Official Language in: the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic

Volapük – Volapük

• International language invented by Johann Martin Schleyer

Võro – Võro Kiil

• Spoken in: Southern Estonia

Walloon – Walloon

• Spoken in: the Belgian region of Wallonia

Warlpiri – Warlpiri

• Spoken in: the Australian Northern Territory

Welsh – Cymraeg

• Official Language in: the British country of Wales
• Recognised Minority Language in: the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom

West Frisian – Frysk

• Official Language in: the Dutch province of Friesland

Wolof – Wolof

• Spoken in: the Republic of the Gambia , the Islamic Republic of Mauritania , and the Republic of Senegal

Wu - 吴方言

• Spoken in: the southern region of the Chinese province of Jiangsu, the entire province of Zhejiang, and the municipality of Shanghai

Xaracuu – Kanala, Xârâcùù

• Spoken in: the French special collectivity of New Caledonia

Xhosa – Xhosa

• Official Language in: the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe

Xiang - 湘语

• Spoken in: the northern region of the Chinese province of Guangxi and the central and southwestern regions of the province of Hunan

Xibe - ᠰᡞᠪᡝᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ

• Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang

Yapese – Yapese

• Spoken in: the Micronesian island of Yap

Yiddish - ייִדיש ייִדיש‬

• Official Language in: the Russian Jewish Autonomous Oblast
• Recognised as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina , the State of Israel , the Netherlands , the Republic of Poland , Romania , the Kingdom of Sweden , and Ukraine

Yoruba – Èdè Yorùbá

• Official Language in: the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Yue - 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话

• Spoken in the Chinese province of Guangdong and the autonomous region of Guangxi

Zhuang - 話僮

• Spoken in the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi

Zulu – Zulu

• Official Language in: the Republic of South Africa

† = Extinct Language

Alphabets and scripts

'Phags-pa † - ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ

• Formerly Used in: the People's Republic of China , the Republic of India , Mongolia , and Greater Tibet

Abkhaz – Aҧсшәа

• Used in: the Republic of Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia

Anglo-Saxon - ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ

• Formerly Used in: Anglo-Saxon England

Armenian Alphabet - Հայկական Այբուբեն

• Used in: Armenia , the Republic of Cyprus , the Islamic Republic of Iran , Artsakh , the Republic of Poland , Romania , and the United States of America

Avestan - 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥

• Spoken on: the Eastern Iranian Plateau

Bopomofo - ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ

• Used in: the People's Republic of China

Borama - 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓

• Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia

Braille - ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑

• Braille is a tactile writing system, versions of which are used for many different languages

Carian - 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵

• Formerly used in: Western Anatolia

Deseret - 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻

• The Deseret alphabet is a Mormon liturgical script

Glagolitic † - Кѷрїлловица, ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ

• Formerly Used by: the Middle Age-Slavic People

Hanunó'o – ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ

• Used in: Mindoro, Philippines

Kayah Li - ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ

• Used in: the Kayah, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Kulitan –

• Used in: Central Luzon, Philippines

Mandombe -

• Used in: Western Africa

N'Ko - ߒߞߏ

• Used in: Guinea and Ivory Coast

Osmanya - 𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀

• Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia

Runic † - ᚱᚢᚾᛟ

• Formerly Used by: 2nd Century Germanics

Shavian - 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯

• Invented by Ronald Kingsley Read as an alternative phoenetic alphabet to the English language.

Siddhaṃ –

• Used in: Central Asia, Japan

Tagbanwa – ᝦᝪᝨᝯ

• Used in: Palawan, Philippines

Tai Tham - ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ

• Used in: Southeast Asia

† = Extinct Alphabet or Script

Dialects

ǂAkhoe – ǂAkhoe Haiǁom

• Spoken in: Angola , Botswana , Namibia , and South Africa

Amoy - 廈門話 or 厦门话

• Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian

Fuzhou - 平話 or 福州話

• Spoken in: East Asia

Hazāragī - هزارگی

• Spoken in: Afghanistan , Iran , and Pakistan

Kwanyama – Oshikwanyama

• Spoken in: Angola and Namibia

Hokkien - 福佬話

• Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian , Taiwan , and in Southeast Asia

Meänkieli – Meänkieli

• Recognised Minority Language in: Kingdom of Sweden

Monégasque – Munegascu

• Spoken in: Monaco

Ningbo - 寧波閒話

• Spoken in: the Chinese sub-provincial division of Ningbo

Pothohari - پوٹھوهاری or پوٹھواری

• Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir

Quanzhou - 泉州話

• Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian

Saraiki - سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी

• Spoken in: the Pakistani province of Bahawalpur South Punjab

Seroa † – ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe

• Formerly Spoken in: Lesotho and South Africa
• (Seroa is a "click language".)

Teochew - 潮州話

• Spoken by: the Chinese Teochew people

† = Extinct Dialect

Required fonts

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See also

• Lists of languages
• List of Wikipedias
• Lists of extinct languages

External links

• Language names — A similar list of "autoglottonyms" on omniglot.com. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
• Languages in their own writing systems — Another such list on geonames.de. Retrieved 2017-01-07.